Posts by Balaamsass2

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Disaster preparedness

by ElderBerry in

as your family considers its disaster preparedness plan, please ensure that the secretary has up-to-date contact information for you and your emergency contact.

also, we have re- peatedly seen good results when brothers and sisters are prepared with go bags and are ready to obey direction when they face various kinds of disasters.

please be sure you have a go bag, and review its contents at least once a year.

Balaamsass2

Having lived through a disaster with 30,000 people evacuating it opened my eyes to the fallacies of most "disaster plans".

1. ALWAYS having enough gas in the car to travel 100 + miles away from the danger zone. Local power and cell towers are frequently gone. No power for ATMs, gas pumps, water pumps, TVs, cash registers, grocery stores, internet, etc. A few hundred dollars CASH in small bills can really help. There will be few places to stay nearby if thousands of people are displaced. I was surprised at how quickly the criminal element gathered their friends and weapons and started patrolling closed areas looking for easy targets to loot. Distance is your friend.

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Taylor Swift owes me a new shirt this morning

by Mickey mouse in

jw
friends

go listen to the opening verse of the smallest man who ever lived..

Balaamsass2

lol. I thought it meant "cheap suit". :)

But the real giveaway, re: the song’s subject matter, is in the first verse: “Gazing at me, starry-eyed / In your Jehovah’s Witness suit.” Healy’s trademark outfit is, as The New Yorker described it, a “close-cut suit and a tie,” also a favorite amongst Jehovah’s Witnesses who seek to “reflect the values that we live by” and “show respect for our God.” Although Healy is not himself a Witness, he has, arguably, dressed like one.

https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a60541478/taylor-swift-the-smallest-man-who-ever-lived-lyrics-meaning/

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Westmoreland County man charged in latest Jehovah's Witness sex abuse case

by Tahoe in

link to article .

a westmoreland man was recently charged with sexually assaulting and molesting a young girl by a statewide grand jury that has been investigating sex abuse among elders in jehovah’s witness congregations across pennsylvania for years.. ronald w. mangone, 69, who was a member of the jehovah’s witness congregation in new kensington, allegedly abused the girl beginning at the age of 6 from 1991 to 1994, according to a police complaint filed april 2.. a second girl also was allegedly sexually abused by the suspect in the late 1980s, but law enforcement agents say they were unable to charge him because the statute of limitations had expired.. mr. mangone now faces three felony charges and five misdemeanor charges for sexually assaulting and endangering a minor.

he is the latest suspect in a wide-ranging investigation that has so far led to the arrests of at least 14 others from jehovah’s witness congregations on similar charges since 2022.. “what's going on in pennsylvania has much much broader implications,” said mark o’donnell, a longtime advocate for sexual assault victims in the congregations and a witness who has appeared before the grand jury.. the sweeping investigation in pennsylvania, launched by the attorney general’s office in 2019, is the first to target jehovah’s witness groups in what has been described by some law enforcement agents as a longstanding problem within the religious organization... “it’s groundbreaking,” mr. o’donnell said.

Balaamsass2

When I googled this, another local case of a Pedo elder was added the next day! Kudos to this State's Attorney General for wrapping these cases together.

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JW's in the Hot Seat in Czech Republic

by Sea Breeze in

looks like things are heating up in the czech republic over the horrifying practice of shunning children that ask the "wrong" questions.

kids now days have access to all of the watchtower's lies, manipulations, unnecessary deaths, flip flops, rejection of jesus as mediator etc, etc.

i predict this issue of shunning children will continue to threaten free government money that the wt receives.

Balaamsass2

Good to see EU countries are waking up to the abuse and beginning to hold Watchtower's feet to the fire.

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Westmoreland County man charged in latest Jehovah's Witness sex abuse case

by Tahoe in

link to article .

a westmoreland man was recently charged with sexually assaulting and molesting a young girl by a statewide grand jury that has been investigating sex abuse among elders in jehovah’s witness congregations across pennsylvania for years.. ronald w. mangone, 69, who was a member of the jehovah’s witness congregation in new kensington, allegedly abused the girl beginning at the age of 6 from 1991 to 1994, according to a police complaint filed april 2.. a second girl also was allegedly sexually abused by the suspect in the late 1980s, but law enforcement agents say they were unable to charge him because the statute of limitations had expired.. mr. mangone now faces three felony charges and five misdemeanor charges for sexually assaulting and endangering a minor.

he is the latest suspect in a wide-ranging investigation that has so far led to the arrests of at least 14 others from jehovah’s witness congregations on similar charges since 2022.. “what's going on in pennsylvania has much much broader implications,” said mark o’donnell, a longtime advocate for sexual assault victims in the congregations and a witness who has appeared before the grand jury.. the sweeping investigation in pennsylvania, launched by the attorney general’s office in 2019, is the first to target jehovah’s witness groups in what has been described by some law enforcement agents as a longstanding problem within the religious organization... “it’s groundbreaking,” mr. o’donnell said.

Balaamsass2

Thanks for the quick catch on this fresh story Tahoe!

I am surprised at the slow movement of these PA statewide Criminal investigations. I expected to see some GB members on the hot seat by now for conspiracy.

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The org. Came out with a Christmas song!!!!

by nowwhat? in

holy nativity batman!

on jw broadcasting.

final song for this year's convention.

Balaamsass2

Quite the shift for WTB&T Society.

In the early 60s, as a little kid, we had a green songbook with some older more traditional mainstream songs. We also used the American Standard and King James Bibles at times.

JWs could informally "speculate" about bible subjects.

It gradually became more and more culty, reflected even in the music.

Eventually, only songs written by an exemplary JW could be used.

Is this a move towards mainstreaming?

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Can God Change his Mind?

by peacefulpete in

is 31:yet he also is wise and will bring disaster and does not retract his words.. 1 sam 15: furthermore, the eternal one of israel does not lie or change his mind, for he is not man who changes his mind.. numbers 23: god is not a man who lies, or a son of man who changes his mind.

does he speak and not act, or promise and not fulfill?.

when the god you worship pronounces judgement, is he, really just issuing a warning or has the matter been determined through all the godly powers of insight, foresight and perfect judgement?

Balaamsass2

He changed his mind after creating Dinosaurs because he allowed a meteor to destroy them. :)

Anyway, if a matter requires two witnesses, who witnessed the promises to David or Abraham???

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Did you suffer from not saluting the flag in school as a kid?

by Sea Breeze in

what happened?.

Balaamsass2

Ditto what DOC said:"Calling it an "act of worship" was always bullshit. Americans stand for the Canadian anthem when Canadian teams play ball in the US and vice versa. None of those sports fans think they are WORSHIPPING the other nation."

When the Judge or any top official walks in the room...you stand.

At the height of the Vietnam War(60s), a few kids in my grammar school had Dads serving in Vietnam. They were incensed over the flag salute and national anthem, called me a "commie", and tried to beat me up multiple times. I became handy with my fists as a result. The principal was in a hard place on religious rights versus kids traumatized by missing dads...on multiple occasions, he simply asked everyone to apologize and promise not to do it again.

By the 70s it stopped because most kids became anti-war in high school.

It hurt my relationship with my "worldly" father who was a WW2 and Korea Veteran.

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Irán attacks....

by mikeflood in

just a moment ago irán started to attack israel, guess they're gonna end in ruins because israel has a way better army than other country in the region and the support of the us....hope the gas prices don't increase too much.... wonder how the borg gonna spin it..

Balaamsass2

2 am Sunday in Israel now. Iran has launched over 100 drones.

Iranian Ballistic missiles after sacrificial drones use up iron dome and patriot missiles some experts predict.

Hard to predict what will happen next.

Borg response...same as usual...we are at the tippy tippy end of the system, hurry back to meetings and... Donate!!!!!

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Prediction: no more changes for a long while

by slimboyfat in

i’ve noticed a pattern where things don’t go the way i expect them to go and/or whenever i realise there is a trend and, i mentally adjust for the idea that the trend will continue, the trend stops in its tracks.

so on that basis, and given many people, including myself, and active jws, have been asking ‘what changes will the governing body make next?’ perhaps the (disappointing) answer is: ‘nothing much for a while to come’.

maybe they’ve made the changes they want for now, and will wait a while and see how it’s received.

Balaamsass2

lol DOC! "But, when they canceled their monthly donation, the elders were there in a New York second to check on them. Coincidence? Not likely."

"Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks." :)

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